Dying 12 year old boy sworn in

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Jose Rubio-Pavon is 12 years old, and has an inoperable brain tumor.
He ...

Dying 12 year old boy sworn in

I had trouble reading this story, screen got all fuzzy and blurry.

Jose Rubio-Pavon is 12 years old, and has an inoperable brain tumor.
He recently told his family he always wanted to be a police officer. On Monday Brighton PD swore him in as a special officer and gave him an actual uniform shirt and certificate right there in his hospice room.
Due to the story running on policeone.com, a bunch of us are mailing department patches to the Brighton PD. They are getting flooded with patches, shirts, badges, etc to take to his hospice room to try to bring a little joy to this new Officer and his family.

Words can't express my feelings when I read a story like this...The only thing I can say is that that young man is special, and so are the folks of the Brighton PD. When the time comes, may the Man upstairs cradle him in his arms and give peace to his family.

Sometimes in life you have to stand your ground. It's a hard lesson to learn and even most adults don't get it, but in the end only I can be responsible for my life. If faced with any type of adversity, only I can overcome it. Waiting for someone else to take responsibility is a long fruitless wait.

I am glad I had my box of tissues at hand. This was both sweet and sad. God Bless those LEOs for their kindness and compassion. Prayers to the little Officer and his family. It is so sad when children have to go through this final journey...for the child....for the parents....for all of us.

A woman must not depend on protection by men. A woman must learn to protect herself.
Susan B. Anthony
A armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one has to back it up with his life.
Robert Heinlein

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. --- Will Rogers --- Chief Justice John Roberts : "I don't see how you can read Heller and not take away from it the notion that the Second Amendment...was extremely important to the framers in their view of what liberty meant."

I just felt that I had to do something. I didn't have any patches or anything to send, but I did go to the Brighton PD website and found the chief's email to send a note to commend the department and officers on their community policing commitment.